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August 2015
BLUES LATE LATE SHOW BRINGS VICTORY
Two goals in the final minutes brough an unexpected
victory at Moss Rose on Saturday. Chester trailed
Macclesfield Town 1-0 through a Danny Whitehead
effort seven minutes into the second half and looked
to be heading home pointless, before substitute
Tom Peers prodded a loose ball home following a
John Rooney Free kick in the 89th minute. Then in
the final seconds of five minutes added time, Graig
Hobson turned and shot the winner from the edge
of the penalty area to send the 800+ travelling
fans behing the goal wild.26 August 2015
ONE GAME BAN FOR HENEGHANDefender
Ben Heneghan has received a one match ban following
his red card at Woking on Saturday. Henegan saw
red after bringing down Dan Holman in the penalty
area with the Cards converting the spot-kick. It
was a bad day all round as traffic problems saw
the team arriving late at a sweltering Kingfield
and a hamstring injury forced Ross Hannah to be
substituted after just 16 minutes.

Woking took full advantage of the extra man though
Chester never gave up with Michael Kay scoring the
club’s 500th goal since reforming and John
Rooney netting a wonderful free-kick in the 5-2
defeat.

Manager Steve Burr said: “We got here late
and the preparation didn’t help but I can’t
blame that. Everything just seemed to go wrong.”

“I was pleased with the lads and how they
kept going. I thought when we had 11 on the park
we were well in control of the game. We never
looked in any danger at all.”

“They’re a good side, Woking, and
I was more than happy with the way the game started
and how we were playing. I think the decision
and losing Ben Heneghan, and I’ve got nothing
against the sending off as it was a penalty, and
going down to 10 men made it very difficult for
us. But the lads kept going.”

Heneghan will sit out Saturday’s match at
Macclesfield Town who sit seven places below Chester
in 18th spot.

The Blues paid for those missed chances as Kyle
Storer notched an equaliser early in the second
half following a mistake from Jon Worsnop.

Hannah told the Chester Chronicle: “We fully
believe this squad is capable of getting into the
play-offs so you’ve got be critical at all
times I think. We feel we can challenge in the play-off
places and your home form has got to be good. We
did play well on Tuesday, I’m not saying we
didn’t but you’ve got to be looking
at your home games and winning them and we’re
slightly disappointed that we didn’t take
our chances.”

“ I had a chance at 1-0 that I’m disappointed
I didn’t put that away. If I do then it’s
a different game going into half-time because it’s
harder for them to get back into it.”

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Table after Dover match12 August 2015
CHESTER MOVE THIRD
A Jordan Chapell strike saw Chester notch their
second win of the season with a 1-0 victory at FC
Halufax Town. Nearly 500 fans made the midweek trip
over to West Yorkshire for an entertaining game
that saw the Blues record a second clean sheet in
a week to move into third place in the league. Manager
Steve Burr described the performance as “magnificent”.

Following victory at The Shay Burr said: “It’s
early days yet and we know how difficult this division
is but it’s nice to see the team gelling so
well with so many new faces. They’re a great
bunch to work with, there’s some great lads
in the dressing room and they’re really determined
as you saw at Halifax to put a good shift in for
the shirt.”

“It’s nice that we changed it around
and we’ve still gone on and won and kept a
clean sheet. Jon Worsnop made a couple of saves
but there was nothing really to hurt us and overall
I thought our performance was magnificent.”

Chester now face the long trip to Dover Athletic
on Saturday looking for their first ever victory
over the Whites at the Crabble Ground. Chris Kinnear’s
side picked up three points at home on Tuesday night
following a 3-2 victory over Kidderminster Harriers.
They were beaten 2-1 at Barrow on the opening day
of the season.

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Table after FC Halifax match10 August 2015
BLUES OFF TO WINNING STARTIt
took just four minutes for Chester to score their
first goal of the season and record a first home
win in three attempts over Braintree Town.

Johnny Hunt’s individual effort from the edge
of the box was enough to bring the three points.
The visitors saw plenty of possssion but the new
centre back pairing of captain Ian Sharps and Ben
Heneghan coped well and Jon Worsnop pulled off a
couple of saves to preserve the clean sheet.

Manager Steve Burr said: “I think there was
a lot of anxiety in our play compared to how we
were in pre-season but you’ve got to give
credit to Braintree. Without actually hurting us,
they knocked it about well and have got good movement.
We just had one of them days where we had to dig
in and get the result.”

“Probably
looking at this time last year, we’d have
maybe not won that game. At the back the boys
were immense but you defend from the front and
the lads have put a good shift in so I’m
really pleased.”

Chester are back in action on Tuesday night when
they travel to FC Halifax Town, kick-off 19.45hrs.

Manager Steve Burr said after the game: “The
side that we were up against were League One but
we're just pleased with how our boys are shaping
up. We knew it was going to be tough but we got
off to a terrific start, the goal was top drawer
and for the first 10 or 15 minutes I thought we
were excellent.”

“As you would expect, Crewe got into the game
a little bit but it was an entertaining game and
we need to produce that in the league.” HUGHES AWARDED CONTRACT

Youth Team
midfielder Sam Hughes has been rewarded for
some impressive pre-season outings with a
full time first-team contract. After signing
on the dotted line, Hughes said: “It’s
a great feeling. I'm very happy with the signing
and it’s a dream come true because I’m
going to be playing football week in, week
out for a great club.”